tempering

tempering
Synonyms and related words:
abatement, abating, ability, aging, allaying, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, arteriosclerosis, assuagement, assuaging, atherosclerosis, background, blaseness, blunting, calcification, callusing, calming, capability, case hardening, chastening, chisel temper, competence, competency, concretion, condition, cornification, crystallization, cushioning, dampening, damping, dash, deadening, demulsion, development, die temper, diminishing, diminution, dulcification, dulling, easing, experience, falling-off, firming, fitness, fittedness, fortification, fossilization, granulation, hardening, hardness scale, heat treating, hint, hornification, hushing, indenter, induration, infusion, inkling, intimation, invigoration, lapidification, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, lithification, loosening, lulling, mastery, maturation, maturescence, maturity, mellowing, mitigating, mitigation, modulation, mollification, ossification, pacification, palliation, past experience, petrifaction, petrification, practical knowledge, practice, precipitation hardening, preparedness, proficiency, qualification, quietening, quieting, razor temper, readiness, reducing, reduction, refreshment, reinforcement, reinvigoration, relaxation, relaxing, remission, restrengthening, revivification, ripeness, ripening, sagacity, sauce, saw file temper, sclerosis, seasoning, senescence, set temper, setting, shade, slackening, smack, softening, solidification, soothing, sophistication, soupcon, spice, spindle temper, sprinkling, steeling, stiffening, strengthening, subduement, subduing, suggestion, suitability, suitableness, suitedness, suspicion, taint, temper, thought, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tool temper, touch, toughening, trace, tranquilization, trim, vestige, vitrifaction, vitrification, worldly wisdom

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  • Tempering — Tem per*ing, n. (Metal.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tempering — Tempering. См. Отпуск. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • tempering — index abatement (reduction), mitigating, palliative (abating) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Tempering — For other uses, see Temper (disambiguation). Tempered steel. The various colors produced indicate the temperature to which the steel was heated. Light straw indicates 204 °C (399 °F) and light blue indicates 337 °C (639 °F) …   Wikipedia

  • tempering — Heat treating of metal alloys, particularly steel, to reduce brittleness and restore ductility. In tempering, steel is slowly heated to a temperature between 300 and 1,300 °F (150 and 700 °C), depending on desired properties, in an oil or salt… …   Universalium

  • tempering — mar·tempering; tempering; …   English syllables

  • tempering — moderating moderating adj. lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of {intensifying}. [Narrower terms: {tempering}; {weakening}] [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tempering — Temper Tem per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tempered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tempering}.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. temp[ e]rer, and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time. Cf. {Temporal}, {Distemper}, {Tamper}.] 1. To mingle in due… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tempering — a heat treatment applied to ferrous products after hardening. It consists of heating the steel to some temperature below the transformation range and holding for a suitable time at the temperature, followed by cooling at a suitable rate. The… …   Mechanics glossary

  • tempering — atleidimas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Grūdinto plieno kaitinimas iki 150–650 °C, laikymas (0,5–3 h) joje ir ataušinimas. atitikmenys: angl. tempering rus. отпуск; отпускание …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • Tempering color — Tempering Tem per*ing, n. (Metal.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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